With marriages already crumbling at a record rate on Married At First Sight (MAFS) Australia 2025, we’re eagerly awaiting the introduction of the intruders to see if any of them can make it work better than, say, Lauren Hall and Eliot Donovan or Tim Gromie and Katie Johnston.
Could this year’s new intruders make like Jade Pywell and Ridge Barredo and actually make something work long term? It’d be a shock to us all, but it’s not entirely impossible.
By now we know that both Lauren and Eliot are coming back as intruders, with different partners, with another somewhat familiar face set to join as an intruder also — that being former Big Brother star Teejay Halkias, who starred on the 2023 season of the show.
What do we know about the 2025 MAFS intruder couples
Lauren Hall + Clint Rice
After being put through the wringer with Eliot, Lauren is back and marrying professional golfer Clint Rice. The 43-year-old hails from Tasmania and is recently single with a friend describing the athlete as “super chill and down to earth”, which at least sounds somewhat the opposite of the husband experience Lauren just had.
Eliot Donovan + Veronica Cloherty
Will Eliot’s new bride live up to his seemingly never-ending list of non-negotiables? Well in good news, we know that Veronica is 30, and given Eliot wanted to date someone 30 or under, this bodes well for the couple.
Veronica has been in a selection of short films, including Streets of Colour in 2023, and was a Miss Universe Australia National Finalist in 2016 and 2019.
According to the Daily Mail however, it won’t be love, with sources telling the publication that Veronica’s a “high-maintenance diva” who’s using the show to advance her career.
Teejay Halkias + Bethy Kelly
If you can’t remember Teejay’s story arc on Big Brother, don’t fret, none of us really watched it, let’s be real. But Teejay placed ninth on the show after 15 days in the house.
Teejay also has a modelling background, with an online talent bio describing him an experienced photographic, runaway, and music video model, with a Greek/Indian background. The site also shows Teejay has modelled wedding shots before too, so MAFS won’t be his first time faking going down the aisle!
As for his new bride Bethy, she hails from the UK but is now Brisbane-based, working as an operations manager at a high-end salon. According to the Daily Mail, she’ll be a bride to watch with a production source saying, “she is not here to fade into the background”.
Married At First Sight 2025 airs Sundays at 7pm and Monday – Wednesday at 7:30pm on Channel 9 and 9Now.
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